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May 15, 2024 · Data and Statistics. Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, 2019 and 2020 data from some jurisdictions may be incomplete. About Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Sources Print Share. Data and statistics for spotted fever rickettsiosis.
Jan 1, 2000 · Historical surveillance for Rocky Mountain spotted fever, incidence and case fatality ratios (CFR) based on national surveillance data for the United States, 1920–2007.
- John J. Openshaw, David L. Swerdlow, John W. Krebs, Robert C. Holman, Eric Mandel, Alexis Harvey, Da...
- 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0752
- 2010
- Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jul; 83(1): 174-182.
In the spring and summer of 1987, four persons acquired Rocky Mountain spotted fever within New York City, an area in which the disease had not previously been known to be endemic. Three of the fou...
- Miklos P. Salgo, Edward E. Telzak, Brian Currie, David C. Perlman, Nathan Litman, Michael Levi, Gera...
- 1988
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Dec 1, 1970 · In Virginia in 1968, 39 cases of RMSF were reported to the State Health Department. Clinically, these patients exhibited some of the less common complications of the disease: thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, azotemia, liver dysfunction, non-suppurative peritonitis and transverse myelitis.
- Richard Rothenberg, Daniel E. Sonenshine
- 1970
Apr 8, 2009 · Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is an infectious disease that belongs to a group of diseases known as the spotted fever group rickettsioses. It is caused by infection with the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii (R. rickettsii), which is usually transmitted by a tick bite. When introduced into the body, the bacterium spreads by the bloodstream or lymphatic vessels and multiplies within and ...
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May 26, 1988 · In the spring and summer of 1987, four persons acquired Rocky Mountain spotted fever within New York City, an area in which the disease had not previously been known to be endemic. Three of the four patients were residents of the Soundview area of the Bronx. All diagnoses were confirmed by indirect …